Nyctereutes donnezani

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Nyctereutes donnezani
Temporal range: Pliocene
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Fossil of Nyctereutes donnezani from Çalta, central Turkey, early Pliocene
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Genus: Nyctereutes
Species:
†N. donnezani
Binomial name
†Nyctereutes donnezani
(Depéret, 1890)
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Range map
Illustration of Nyctereutes donnezani from "History of Polish Canidae (Carnivora, Mammalia) and Their Biochronological Implications on the Eurasian Background" (Marciszak et al., Genes, 2023) Biochronology of Polish canids (late Pliocene to Holocene) - N. donnezani.png
Illustration of Nyctereutes donnezani from "History of Polish Canidae (Carnivora, Mammalia) and Their Biochronological Implications on the Eurasian Background" (Marciszak et al., Genes, 2023)

Nyctereutes donnezani is an extinct relative of the raccoon dog. It has been found in Spain, [1] Poland, [2] Greece, [3] and Turkey. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Aguirre, E; Soria, D (1981). "Accumulated bones in a Pliocene cave in Cerro Pelado, Spain". National Geographic Society Research Reports.
  2. ↑ Kowalski, K (1962). "Fauna of Bats from the Pliocene of Weze in Poland". Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia.
  3. ↑ Koufos, G. D.; Syrides, G. E.; Koliadimou, K. K. (1991). "A Pliocene primate from Macedonia (Greece)". Journal of Human Evolution. 21 (4): 283–294. doi:10.1016/0047-2484(91)90109-9.
  4. ↑ Sen, S.; Bouvrain, G.; Geraads, D. (1998). "Pliocene vertebrate locality of Calta, Ankara, Turkey. 12. Paleoecology, biogeography and biochronology". Geodiversitas.


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